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lawn · 2021-11-26 00:38:36

It won't take you a whole month. A simple way is to just use blank keys, and you'll naturally pick it up during the time you normally spend in front of the computer.

soraminazuki | karma 4235 | avg karma 3.47 · | 2024-06-28 15:01:45

It was easy with a PC and keyboard.

adamconroy | karma 228 | avg karma 0.97 · | 2013-07-02 20:21:55

Learn the shortcuts, it isn't very hard.

cryptoquick | karma 262 | avg karma 2.5 · | 2020-01-03 08:18:37

Easy! Just push all the buttons on your computer in the right order.

magicalhippo | karma 12317 | avg karma 2.47 · | 2021-08-05 15:40:54

Then again, should take about 5 minutes tops to get bitshifting enough that you know where to look if you ever need it.

kmeisthax | karma 12969 | avg karma 4.69 · | 2021-11-29 16:13:06

It's easy, just don't use a computer.

Shog9 | karma 716 | avg karma 3.31 · | 2015-11-28 21:10:47+00:00

And assuming you have dynamic keyboard shortcuts turned on (and why wouldn't you? Best thing ever.) this is about as painless as it gets.

AnIdiotOnTheNet | karma 21390 | avg karma 2.72 · | 2019-02-16 20:30:22

Takes about 5 minutes of time. It really isn't a big deal.

NavinF | karma 4046 | avg karma 2.2 · | 2021-09-23 11:34:18

Hmm it took me 2 hours when I had to do this a few years ago, but I'm pretty sure I could do it in 15 minutes if I practiced a few times and had 3 drills with two torx and one phillips driver bits.

Swapping the SSD and adding a keylogger to the ribbon cable would be a lot faster too, maybe 5 minutes with practice.

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SV_BubbleTime | karma 1896 | avg karma 0.6 · | 2021-11-03 10:59:09

I learned by jumping head first into a program that used blowfish encryption to calculate a license and etc. the company was gone so this was the only option.

There is definitely a “clicks” moment. It took me three weeks from zero to key generator. Absolutely time worth spending.

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deadcast | karma 225 | avg karma 2.34 · | 2018-06-04 15:10:40

It was actually very easy for me lmao. ^_^ I'm nooooooo noob to computer technology.

herdrick | karma 2697 | avg karma 2.89 · | 2012-10-17 08:36:43+00:00

If the computer were fast enough, that'd be the easiest way to do it.

mises | karma 1585 | avg karma 1.73 · | 2019-06-18 12:17:58+00:00

It's pretty easy; I suggest using wg-quick.

ilyt | karma 8981 | avg karma 1.98 · | 2023-08-14 17:54:40

Well, it is a bit easier if you have no stdlib to speak of

ohazi | karma 14136 | avg karma 8.06 · | 2021-02-01 18:56:13+00:00

I agree that this is the correct approach, and even do this myself sometimes.

I still find it irksome that what costs ~$100 and takes 15 minutes on a Thinkpad costs ~$1000 and takes a week on a Mac.

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heyoni | karma 1801 | avg karma 1.85 · | 2021-03-20 18:49:08+00:00

Me too. It shouldn’t take this long!

Ps: hard drive image clones should also do the trick.

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O1111OOO | karma 706 | avg karma 2.35 · | 2017-08-27 16:19:10

Honestly, it takes all of 5 minutes:) Saves me from throwing time and money away.

prepend | karma 20867 | avg karma 2.84 · | 2024-02-04 20:39:24

You need to invest about 10 minutes. It’s not complicated at all and makes a much better experience.

bonestamp2 | karma 4656 | avg karma 2.42 · | 2019-01-24 07:31:26+00:00

It only takes about 5 minutes, so it's not too onerous.

lkarsten | karma 89 | avg karma 3.07 · | 2014-04-10 14:26:48+00:00

For most users it is a 5-10 minute job, no sweat.